Section of parking deck collapses in Woodbridge

WOODBRIDGE — A 70-by 100-foot slab of concrete parking deck collapsed in Woodbridge Tuesday afternoon, triggering an extensive emergency response following reports that two cars had been crushed, officials said. No one was injured and no cars were found beneath the collapse, said Iselin fire official Kevin Wirtz.

The two-story parking deck is attached to a commercial building on Green Street in Iselin that is being remodeled to become a Burlington Coat Factory store, he said. The cause of the collapse will be investigated by structural engineers of the company involved in the remodeling, said Wirtz.

Members of the Middlesex County urban search and rescue squad moved some of the debris and checked inside the voids caused by the collapse with video cameras to determine no one was trapped in the wreckage, Wirtz said.

The concrete collapsed some 15- 20 feet, he said.

The emergency response included members of the Iselin Fire Company #1, Fire Company District 11, Woodbridge Ambulance and Rescue Squad and township emergency management and police.